text: * Research award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany, 1989).
  * 1st Dupont Award (Spain, 1990).
  * Iberdrola Award for Science and Technology (Spain, 1996).
  * 1st Gold Medal from the Spanish Society of Chemistry (1999).
  * 1st National Award of Chemical Science and Technology "Enrique Moles" (Spain, 2001).
  * Fundación García-Cabrerizo Award (Spain, 2002).  
  * Hermanos Elhuyar-Hans Goldschmidt Award (Germany-Spain, 2005).
  * Rey Jaime I de Investigación Award (Spain, 2005).
  * Silver Medal of Principado de Asturias (Spain, 2009).